Fresh Water System - not there

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Having gone through the boat and talked to someone who knows the boat - there is no freshwater pump. The previous owner removed the freshwater pump and accumulator. The boat is a Ocean 46 Sunliner, two heads, two sinks, two showers, galley sink, dishwasher and freshwater hose down. Any thoughts on the pump size? Also would it have been DC or AC?

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Thank you for jump starting my thinking, the breaker is on the AC. There is no DC breaker.
The previous owners family and friends said the pump and accumulator were in the same space as the A/C seawater pump and freshwater hot water heater. To keep space open in that compartment I will mount the new accumulator in a compartment that has room for it and the pump where it was originally.

Great idea to use a well pump. I am looking into that.

Something that might be missing is that if I was working on a 30 ft sailboat, I would already know the answers to many of my questions. I already did all this, and more. But a sailboat is not a motor yacht except for understanding which circuits or functions are which. A large motor yacht does have some of the basics, it is the size differences and relying on AC for things that I am not used to. Also, on a sailboat everything is in a space you can find and shove an arm into, including the engine. On that "engine room" is an euphemism. On my Ocean it is a reality.

Add to the issues is that it is now obvious the boat had a lightning strike. Every time I am on board I find something else that was popped, burned or blownup from the hit. That explains the "electrical gremlins" which is one of the reasons I now own her.

I got her for dock fees, after I looked through her. She does have good bones, there are no exit holes from a strike and she does not leak. The engines have been run so those did not suffer. The only question is the genset, I plan on turning it over and possibly running it this weekend. I expected problems, I was told there were electrical problems, which I am skilled in taking care of. Almost all of the AC circuit breakers are broken, which means fifty or so of them need replacement; i have seen this before with a near hit by lightning at my house and the breakers to the AC took the hit first and saved a lot of computers.

The previous owner removing the freshwater pump and accumulator after it took a hit is most likely. The seawater pump connection end looked like it was melted with a cutting torch. It is now replaced and the Cruisair units are working normally. The triplex to the pump was not overheated. The only heat damage has been to AC circuits that were plugged in. That includes one of the AC trigger units. A new circuit board is coming in for that. Things like the oven, dishwasher, washer and dryer work, and there is no evidence of them being fried at the connectors.

I have not seen DC damage, the 8D batteries may have absorbed the hit. Those need replacing due to age.

Right now I am confident that the damage is limited to the AC circuits and primarily to the outlets or connections that were functioning at the time of the hit or near hit.

I want to emphasize that I would not have taken on a project boat this size without knowing there are a lot of sailors out in the great internet world with a lot of knowledge and smarts to help people like me. And, I do help others who ask for help in areas I am an expert or experience in. I do have the skills to do almost everything on a boat, but a few things I get good help with, such as the A/C system seawater pump, or the Detroit Diesel mechanics (I used to build performance engines so I do know something about engines), which means if I need help I ask for it.

Thank you Captains and Skippers for your help. The more I time I spend on the Ocean the more I like her. And, the more I am happy that she might be my retirement home.

Thank you. I do like the boat for comfort. She is nice and stable. She has the two staterooms, which is one of the reasons I like her. Lots of room and no squeezing in a third. My wash tap is on the starboard side as is the water fill. Being on her is very nice, so much so that I hate to return to work. On my sailboat I don't want to go back to work, but can do it. I will be attaching dock water to her this weekend and then work on a plan to put freshwater pump(s) on her. This is a project of importance, but not the highest this weekend.

Thank you. The technician I hired and I are replacing the old with the new as we bring a circuit up. It does make a difference.

How would the plumbing go with two pumps? Is there a diverter valve to move the flow from one pump to the other? I am guessing that only one pump at a time would be in use, and the other would be protected from the water flow of the running pump.